One day three men got a bottle of wine. But the wine was not enough for them three and each of them wanted to drink the wine alone. Then they all agreed that they each would draw a snake on the ground and the one who first finished drawing would be given the wine. So they began to draw on the ground with sticks.
It was not long before one of the three finished drawing his snake. He found the other two were still busy with their drawings. “How slow you are ！ ”said he， “I can even add feet to my snake before you finish yours. ”
He put down the bottle and began to add feet to his snake. But before he finished， another man took hold of the bottle and said， “I’ve finished. Snakes have no feet， so yours is not a snake. ”With these words he drank up the wine.
翻译：
从前，有三个人得到一壶酒。但是酒不够他们三个喝的，他们每个人都想独自喝这酒，于是他们决定在地上画蛇，先画好的人就喝这壶酒。于是他们开始在地上用棒画蛇。
没多久他们三个中就有一个画好了，见另两人还未画完，就说：“你们画的真慢，我甚至还能在你们画好之前给蛇添上脚！”
他放下瓶子开始给他的蛇添足。但他还没结束，另一人拿起瓶子，说，“我已经完成了。蛇是没有脚的，所以你的不是蛇。“说完些话他喝了酒。
